Game Description:Need for Speed returns and drops you even deeper into the world of illegal street racing. Take on a story of pursuit and betrayal, as you choose jobs and compete in races to prove yourself. Then use your skills and reputation to take down an international crime syndicate. You'll fight off the cops in high speed multi-car chases, where an all-new AI system means the cops will do whatever it takes to take you down. The Heroic Driving Engine, a new engine built for this release, lets you pull off amazing moves for the ultimate driving edge. You can even play as a cop and chase down the criminals in Criminal Scramble Mode!

Need for Speed: Undercover News

A Need for Speed movie is in the works. Dreamworks has acquired the movie rights to the franchise, and EA will produce along with John Gatins and Mark Sourian. Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) is attached to direct, and the project will be fast-tracked at DreamWorks with a target production start date for early next year, for a 2014 release.
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Electronic Arts and Criterion Games keep teasing about what the Burnout developer has planned for their reinvention of Need For Speed. But we have a slightly better idea of what's coming.
John Schappert, who left EA to join Microsoft before returning to EA last year as COO, described the upcoming collaboration as an "action-based Need For...

The next game from Criterion Games most likely won't include the name Burnout. Instead, Electronic Arts has tasked the UK developer with aiding in the reboot of Need For Speed. Criterion Games is actively developing their take on Need For Speed and announced on Twitter today they would be showing off their hard work to a number of EA employees...

The folks at Lazard Capital Markets aren't feeling very good about game-publishing giant, Electronic Arts (EA). One company analyst feels that some of its 2008 holiday releases are under-performing and that heads might roll in the near future. Gamasutra quotes analyst Colin Sebastian as saying:
"Specifically, we believe several EA titles...

The Need For Speed series has long been one of the most popular racing titles on the market, and the newest edition, Need for Speed Undercover, will likely continue that good feeling. X-Play has a review of the game for those of you about to get behind the wheel.
And, there's a written review, for all you readin' types!
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Gamasutra posted an interesting article in which it interviewed industry analysts on which games will "miss" in the 2008 holiday season. Given the huge glut of titles typically available at the end of the year, there are always good and/or high-profile games that lose out. Given current economic conditions, games that were once viewed...

EA Black Box invites you to drive recklessly through the largest open-world environment to date for their franchise in Need for Speed Undercover. Learn the layouts of the fictional Tri-City Bay area where your undercover-racing work will take place in the latest video below.
Need for Speed Undercover ships next week for the: Xbox 360, DS, Wii,...

Electronic Arts gives players the Hot Pursuit adrenaline rush once again with their upcoming racing title, Need for Speed Undercover. The company has announced an all new "Cops and Robbers" multiplayer mode for the title. The press release explains the following regarding the new feature:
"Robbers must pick up the package and...

EA Black Box goes undercover this time out in the latest installment of the Need for Speed series for the DS, Wii, PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Mobile, and iPhone. Break through police barricades and avoid the pit-maneuvers starting November 17th.
Need For Speed Undercover Trailer
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Taking over the streets again this fall, Electronic Arts announced their latest installment to their hit street racing franchise, Need For Speed Undercover. But perhaps more importantly, Maggie Q (Live Free or Die Hard) will grace the cover and play as a lead character in the game. She said in the press release:
“I was so impressed by...